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by Ruschka, published in 1921, treats the species under the name 

 Eupelmus vesicularis (Retzius) and lists as synonyms Eupelmus de- 

 geeri Dalman, E. albitarsis Costa, Macroneura maculipes Walker 

 (male, excluding the female), Eupelmus atrocoeruleus Thomson 

 (male, excluding the female), Eupelmus karschii Lindeman, and 

 Euryscapus saltator Lindeman. The biology of the species as a 

 parasite of the jointworm flies in North America was fully treated 

 by Phillips and Poos in 1927 under the name Eupelminus saltator. 



As stated in the discussion of Eupelmus atropurpureus and Eupel- 

 mus karschii, the writer does not accept in its entirety the synonymy 

 proposed by Ruschka for vesicularis. The male of Eupelmus atro- 

 coeruleus Thomson and also the male characterized by Ruschka 

 as that of vesicularis are believed to be males of atropurpureus in- 

 stead. The description of Eupelmus karschii Lindeman does not 

 coincide with vesicularis, and the species is therefore removed from 

 the synonymy and treated as unrecognized. 



Eupelminus coleopterophagus Girault, described in 1916 from 

 specimens reared in connection with the strawberry weevil (Antho- 

 nomus signatus Say) , and subsequently recorded from galls of Rhodi- 

 tes rosae (Linnaeus) by Cockerell, has not been previously synony- 

 mized. The types which are in the National Museum collection differ 

 in no way from E. vesicularis. 



HOSTS AND LIFE HISTORY 



This is apparently one of the most polyphagic species of all chal- 

 cidoids, its hosts embracing Diptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepi- 

 doptera, Homoptera, and Orthoptera. European published records 

 include the following: Diptera, Phytophaga destructor (Say), May- 

 etiola avenae (Marchal), G. potentillae Wachtl, C. salieiperda Du- 

 four, G. salicina Giraud, Lasioptera eryngii Vallot, L. rubi Heeger, 

 Hormomyia flscheri Frauenfeld, Asphondylia dorycnii F. Low, A. 

 melanopus Kieffer, Rhabdophaga karschii Kieffer, Myopites olivieri 

 Kieffer, and an unidentified trypetid; Hymenoptera, Philacyra ap- 

 tera (Portschinsky), Aulax hieracii (Linnaeus), A. glechomae (Lin- 

 naeus), A. scorzonerae Giraud, A. salviae Giraud, A. scabiosae 

 (Giraud), Xestophanes potentillae (Retzius), Biorhiza pallida 

 (Olivier), Aulacidea macula Forsius, Synergus hanfeanus (Ratze- 

 burg), Andricus sieboldi Hartig, Dryophanta flosculi (Giraud), D. 

 folii (Linnaeus), Neuroterus baccarum (Linnaeus), Phanacis cen- 

 taur eae Foerster, Rhodites spinosissimae Giraud, R. rosae (Lin- 

 naeus), Cynips kollari Hartig, and Lophyrus pini (Linnaeus) ; Cole- 

 optera, Hylesinus fraxini Panzer, H. crenatus Fabricius, Bruchi- 

 dius marginellus (Fabricius), Brachonyx pineti (Paykull), Gas- 

 sida seladonia Gyllenhal, Rhynchites bacchus (Linnaeus), Miarus 

 campanulae (Linnaeus), Nanophyes lythri (Fabricius), N. flavidus 

 Aube, and N. telephi Bedel; Lepicloptera, Goleophora giraudi Rag- 

 onot and C. coronillae Zeller; Orthoptera, Oecanthus pellucens 

 (Scopoli), eggs of; Homoptera, Aleurodes chelidonii Latreille? 

 Published American host records include : Diptera, Phytophaga de- 

 structor (Say) ; Hymenoptera, Harmolita hordei (Harris), H. mac- 

 ulata (Howard), H. tritici (Fitch), H. vaginicola (Doane), H. albo- 

 maculata (Ashmead), H. atlantica Phillips and Poos, E. elymi 

 Phillips and Poos, H. festucae Phillips and Poos, H. dactylicola 



